Essex County adds tent and toilets outside Delaney Hall as immigrant families keep waiting in the cold
The tent is not heated, but at least it’s something.
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ICE taps GEO Group subsidiary to track immigrants in $121 million deal
The ‘skip tracing’ contract will supercharge surveillance of immigrants, financial incentives will turn contractors into bounty hunters, critics say.
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Fatal shooting in Minneapolis by ICE agent sparks protests and vigils in New Jersey
Three bills protecting immigrants in New Jersey were also approved by legislative committees on Thursday.
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Death of Delaney Hall detainee fuels calls to close Newark ICE facility
Jean Wilson Brutus was detained the day before he died.
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Sen. Andy Kim renews call to close Delaney Hall as advocates decry worsening conditions and lack of heated shelter for visitors
Visitors to the facility waited outside in the snow Sunday.
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With her husband detained, a New Brunswick mother cares for her medically fragile son alone
Néstor Josias is 8 and is fed via a feeding tube.
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From an ordinary Sunday morning to detention: How an ICE raid upended a young New Jersey couple’s life together
They were getting ready to go to church when federal agents showed up.
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Her husband was detained by ICE, now she and her baby are homeless and food insecure
Dwight Sequera was grabbed by ICE agents after his immigration hearing on June 25 in New York.
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Feds stonewall New Jersey lawmakers on plans for immigrant detention camp at joint base
The federal government plans to build a mammoth tent city — which could house as many as 3,000 detainees and serve as a “central hub” for deportation efforts — at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst. But they won’t share any detailed plans so far.
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Newark immigrant detention center under fire as New Jersey lawmakers demand changes for visitor safety
Six members of Congress sent a letter to the Department of Homeland Security and the GEO Group
